Exclusive Interview: Colu Releases Plugin for Copay
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Exclusive Interview: Colu Releases Plugin for Copay

THELOGICALINDIAN - Colu has afresh appear itssuccessful affiliation into Copay a accepted multisig wallet from Bitpay The plugin acclimated for Copay will acquiesce the use of black bill giving users the adeptness to affair agenda assets for around annihilation I batten to Mark Smargon VP Product Founder of Colu apropos the new plugin and what it agency for Colu Coloredcoins and Copay Concurrently ColoredCoinsorg is extending an accessible allure to all developers who ambition to be ambassadors acceptance them to be apparent as an official face for black bill in their community

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What is the abeyant in black coins? Why should an boilerplate Bitcoin user be concerned?

Colored bill has the abeyant to make Bitcoin experience abundant better. The actuality that we are architecture a band on top of Bitcoin, accord us some adaptability and extends Bitcoin’s capabilities above currency. We don’t absolutely accept that an boilerplate user of this technology should accept any affair of the basal protocols and systems they area congenital upon. Both Bitcoin and Colored Bill layers should be absolutely cellophane for the end-user back this technology will hit mainstream. Meanwhile the added businesses adjudge to use a decentralized balance and advance accoutrement that cut the boilerplate man – the added allowances could be anesthetized on to the boilerplate user and that’s our focus appropriate now, creating a band of agenda assets on top of the Bitcoin blockchain and acceptance accessible antecedent projects and businesses to calmly tap into this basement and alpha advance their own ideas.

 

How was Colu’s Engine acclimated to accomplish this possible?

The Copay addon was congenital application the Colored bill API which is accessible sourced and not with Colu’s engine.Colu’s agent uses the Colored Bill agreement  and lowers the abstruse barrier for alive with the blockchain. Application Colu’s agent SDK/API, developers don’t charge to accept or authority Bitcoins in adjustment to assignment with agenda assets. This artefact is abased on the adaptability and acceptance of the Colored Bill protocol. In adjustment to barrage the SDK we developed our own accomplishing of the agreement because we couldn’t acquisition a band-aid able-bodied abundant for the functionality we were seeking. 

Why the Copay wallet? Was there a specific acumen they autonomous to accomplish a plugin for Bitpay’s wallet?

Copay wallet was an acceptable best for us – it’s a able-bodied adopted and absolutely accessible antecedent wallet, with a actual acceptable UI and it’s multi-platform. We were additionally blessed to acquisition a lot of cooperation from Bitpay’s side. I anticipate that this archetypal of architecture add-ons or “apps aural apps” is actual absorbing and absolutely achievement to see added companies analyze this adjustment because it allows companies to use accustomed accessible antecedent wallet with a acceptable user abject instead of starting from scratch.

Since the wallet is still in beta, are there any limitations to what a user can do?

Basically the add-on allows a abounding Colored bill functionality, we are currently testing the multisig capabilities and will add added functionality to the arising action in the abreast future. Also we intend to add new additions for the Colored Bill blueprint that will abode the asset analysis and acute arrangement capabilities and will be abiding added to the add-on for users to alpha testing and alive on new features. It is important to agenda that the add-on is 100% accordant with Colu’s bag (Our iOS & android CC wallet) and any added apparatus appear by the Colu or the Colored Bill community. 

When should we apprehend a abounding absolution of the wallet?

 I achievement soon! we are alive with our testers from the association and additionally aggravating to acquisition a way to run it in a decentralized manner.

Thanks for your time Mark!

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